Window hood



Feb. 3, 1931. D. J. CARA 1,790,793

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' V Figure 1 is a view in perspectlve illustrat I P y Patented Feb. 3,1931 UNITED STATES DOMINICK J. CARA, F nnnrn rs, TENNESSEE wmnowv noonApplication filed December 5, 1925. serial No. 7 3,452

for effecting a ready discharge of water 10 which may be collectedthereby.

connection with a window of a locomotive .cab and wherein the hood isprovided with a gutter to shed or carry off water which may drip fromthe roof of the cab, said' gutter having its opposite ends open so thatwhen the locomotive with which the hood is in transit air will passalong the gutter in a manner to effectively free the gutter of cin derswhich would otherwise be liable to collect therein.

The invention consists in the details of construction and in thecombination and arrangement of the several parts of my improved 2 hoodwhereby certain important advantages are attained and the devicerendered simpler, less expensive and otherwise more convenient andadvantageous for use, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth. 9 Thenovel features of my invention will hereinafter be definitely claimed.t. In order that my invention may be the better understood, I willnowproceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanyingdrawings, wherein ing a hood constructed in accordance with anembodiment of my invention i'n'applied position; I

Figure 2 isva view partly in section and illustrated in Figure 1 Figure3 is a view end elevation illustratr ing a hood constructed inaccordance with a further embodiment of my invention. 7

As disclosed-in the accompanying'drawings, C denotes the cab of alocomotive provided with the usual windows W and wherein the roof R ofthe cab projects slightly beyond Another object of the invention is, topro vide a hood especially designed for use 1n V "dra v'vmg,it is to benoted that the hood H is desir,ed parts being preferably formed 7 in endelevation of the structure as the side wallS of the cab.v Extendingalong the side wall S above the windows W isav hood H having each endclosed by'a plate I to provide a mounting'for a springroller 2 of anypreferred type and upon whichroller 2 isadapted to be wound the curtain3. The f? rear edge-ofthe top wall 40f the hood His defined by. anupstanding flange 5 which is adaptedto be secured by a screw 6 or thelike directly to the side wall Sre'sulting in the 100d proper extendingoutwardly from said 6 wall.' As is illustrated in the accompanying made'from a 'single'sheet of material, the

stamping. I 3 i -The top'wall 4 of the hood H is disposed on apredetermined downward curvature with the lower marginal portion ofsuch, top wall 4 continued by an upwardly disposed or curved flange 7:resulting in the formation of a gutter which will readily shed or carryoff 7 water which may drip from the adjacent side of the roofR. Theouteror' free end marginal portions of the curtain 3 haveope-ratively'engaged V with the corners thereofand at a point substantially midway of suchcorners, the arms 8 which in turn areoperatively engaged, as I at. 9, with the side wall S so that saidcurtain,"- wl1en extended, may be disposed in the 8 "fashion of anawning and in order to facili-" I tate this particularoperation of thecurtain,

it is to be noted that the lower open face of the hood H is of suchwidth to readily per-.1

mit the requisite outward movement of the curtain. I 1 Y s It is to" benoted that the gutter 7 is open I r at its opposite ends .to permit aready discharge of water which maybe collected in the gutter;Furthermore, by having the ends of thegutter 7 open provision is madefor effective blowingsout of cinders which 'may collect within thegutter. This operation is V assured as this particular construction ofthe L gutter permits thefair to pass"therethrough f I atz, a rate ofspeed in accordance with the travel of the locomotiveand a'sythe gutterfrom: end to end is constructed in a. manner without, any intermediateobstructions."

In the embodiment of my invention as illus- Q trated in Fi ure 3, thetop wall 4: of the hood H is substantialy semi-circular in cross sectionwith the inner or rear marginal portion of said top wall 4 substantiallydefined by the upstanding flange 5 which is adapted to be suitablyanchored or attached to the side wall S. This flange 5coacts with theadjacent portion of the top wall 4 toprovide a valley or gutter whichwill readily shed or carry off water which may drip upon the hood fromthe roof R of the cab.

From the foregoing description it is thought to beobvious that a hoodconstructed in accordance with my invention is particularly well adaptedfor use by reason of the convenience and facility with which it may beassembled and operated, and it will also be obvious that my invention issusceptible of some change and modification without departing from theprinciples and spirit thereof 7 and for this reason I do not wish to beunderstood as limiting myself to the precise arrangement and formationof the several parts herein shown in carrying out my invention inpractice except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim a p In an awning construction, a combined roller hood andsupporting bracket, said hood and bracket being integrally formed of asingle sheet of material, the connecting edges of said hood and bracketbeing arcuately bent whereby to provide a gutter therebetween, saidgutter having open opposite end portions, theend portions of the hoodbeing-extended beneaththe ends of the gutter whereby to support thegutter.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature. .7 7

DOMINICK J. CARA.

